Dennis Anthony John Sharp (16 June 1915 – 23 July 1984) was an English actor, writer and director.

Stage career

Anthony Sharp was a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (

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) and made his stage debut in February 1938 with HV Neilson's Shakespearean touring company, playing the Sergeant in ''

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'' at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea. Repertory engagements in Wigan, Hastings, Peterborough and Liverpool were followed by war service, after which he resumed his stage career at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate in September 1946, playing Hansell in ''Tangent''. He first appeared in the West End in ''Family Portrait'' at the Strand Theatre in February 1948. Among his many subsequent appearances were ''

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'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1950), ''

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'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1951), '' For Better, For Worse'' (Comedy Theatre 1952), ''Small Hotel'' (St Martin's Theatre 1955), ''

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'' (Her Majesty's Theatre 1956), ''The Edwardians'' (Saville Theatre 1959), ''She's Done It Again'' (Garrick Theatre 1969), ''The Avengers'' (Prince of Wales Theatre 1971) and ''Number One'' (Queen's Theatre 1984). Other London credits included ''

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'' (Sadler's Wells 1972), ''

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'' (Lyric Hammersmith 1982) and several appearances at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park. There he played Benedick in ''

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'' in 1958 and Malvolio in ''

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'' the following year, rejoining the company in 1978 for such plays as ''

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''.John Parker (ed), ''Who's Who in the Theatre'' (15th edition), Pitman Publishing 1972

Writer and director

Sharp was also a playwright. His stage version of the

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'' was a big hit at the Westminster Theatre in 1952, opening there on 27 February. "Anthony Sharp's altogether delightful adaptation provided one of the most unusual as well as most amusing offerings of the season," commented ''Theatre World'' editor Frances Stephens. After a try-out in Sheffield, the historical drama ''The Conscience of the King'' was remounted at the Theatre Royal Windsor, starting on 14 March 1955; Sharp himself played 17th century parliamentarian

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. A third play, ''Tale of a Summer's Day'', was written in 1959. In addition Sharp was a prolific director, particularly of comedy-thrillers and 'boardroom' dramas. His credits included ''Any Other Business'' (Westminster Theatre 1958), ''Caught Napping'' (Piccadilly Theatre 1959), ''Wolf's Clothing'' (Strand Theatre 1959), ''Billy Bunter Flies East'' (Victoria Palace 1959), ''

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'' (Savoy Theatre 1960), ''Guilty Party'' (St Martin's Theatre 1961), '' Critic's Choice'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1961), ''Act of Violence'' (1962 UK tour), ''Devil May Care'' (Strand Theatre 1963), ''Difference of Opinion'' (Garrick Theatre 1963), ''Hostile Witness'' (Haymarket Theatre 1964), ''

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'' (Strand Theatre 1966), ''Justice is a Woman'' (Vaudeville Theatre 1966) and ''Harvey'' (1970 UK tour). He also directed several productions in Hong Kong and Australia.

Cinema, television and radio

Cinema

Sharp was frequently cast as supercilious professional or aristocratic types, notably in the

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'' (as Minister of the Interior) and ''

Barry Lyndon ''Barry Lyndon'' is a 1975 period drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard ...

'' (as Lord Hallam). Other film credits include

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's '' No Blade of Grass'', two for

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''),

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'' and the

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film ''

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''. His only starring role in a feature film was the homicidal priest Father Xavier Meldrum in Pete Walker's 1975 horror picture ''

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''. His final feature film, in which he played foreign secretary Lord Ambrose, was the James Bond picture ''

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'', released in 1983.

Television

In 1977 he had a leading role in the children's television series ''

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''. Other TV dramas in which he appeared included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'', ''

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'', '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also played numerous cameo parts in

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, notably ''

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'' (1969, 1977), ''

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'' (three episodes, 1970–74), ''

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'' (1973), ''

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'' (1975), ''

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'' (1975), '' George & Mildred'' (1976, 1978), ''

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'', (1978), and ''

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'' (eight episodes, 1979–81). He worked frequently with such TV comedians as

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and

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, and towards the end of his life appeared in the early-1980s

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programmes '' The Young Ones'' and ''

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''.

Radio

In 1974, he appeared as the vicar in the radio version of Steptoe and son. In 1978, he appeared as both

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, the waiter at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe , and The Great Prophet Zarquon, in Fit the Fifth of the original radio series of ''

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''. In 1981, he appeared as the town clerk of the fictional Frambourne Town Council in the pilot episode of ''

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'', the radio sequel to ''

''; it was in that episode that

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reprised his role of

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for the very last time several months before his death. In 1982–84 Sharp was a regular as Major Dyrenforth on the Radio 2 series ''The Random Jottings of

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'', his last few episodes being broadcast posthumously.

Personal life

He was born Dennis Anthony John Sharp in Highgate in 1915 and was an insurance policy draughtsman before training as an actor. From 1940 to 1946 he served with the

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and the

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in North Africa, Italy and

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. "Once the war was over," he recalled, "I wangled a transfer to the Army Broadcasting Service and helped run radio stations at

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and Rome. These were very full and very pleasant days—announcing, script-writing, disc-jockeying, organising programmes, producing, acting." He married the actress Margaret Wedlake in July 1953 and a son, Jonathan, was born in 1954. In ''

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'' he listed his favourite part as Malvolio and his recreations as church architecture and watching cricket. He died of natural causes aged 69 in his native London; at the time of his death he was playing the Doctor in the West End production of

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's ''Number One'' at the Queen's Theatre.Jean Anouilh (trans Michael Frayn), ''Number One'', Samuel French 1984

Selected filmography

* '' Conspiracy in Tehran'' (1946) * ''

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'' (1953) – French Diplomat * '' You Know What Sailors Are'' (1954) – Humphrey – Naval Attache (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' The Man Who Wouldn't Talk'' (1958) – Baker * ''

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'' (1959) – Peteron * ''

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'' (1961) – Mike Hennessey * ''

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'' (1965) – Lawrence Blackburn * ''

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'' (1966) – Dr. Dean Loftus * ''

Martin Soldat ''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and Anthony Sharp. An actor disguises himself as a so ...

'' (1966) – Le major * ''

'' (1967) – Prosecuting Lawyer (uncredited) * ''

'' (1967) – Mr. Hamper Down (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1968) – Hollis (uncredited) * '' Crossplot'' (1969) – Vicar * ''

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'' (1970) – Chief Surgeon * '' No Blade of Grass'' (1970) – Sir Charles Brenner * ''

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'' (1971) – Registrar * ''

'' (1971) – Minister Frederick * '' I Want What I Want'' (1972) – Mr. Parkhurst * ''Some Kind of Hero'' (1972) – Barrister * ''

'' (1973) – Lord Clive * ''

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'' (1973) – King * ''

Mistress Pamela ''Mistress Pamela'' is a 1973 British sex comedy drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp. It was loosely based on the 1740 novel ''Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded'' by Samuel R ...

'' (1974) – Longman * ''

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'' (1974) – Judge * ''

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'' (1975) – Counsel * ''

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'' (1975) – Home Secretary * ''

'' (1975) – Lord Hallam * ''

'' (1976) – Father Xavier Meldrum * '' Crossed Swords'' (1977) – Dr. Buttes * ''Abortar en Londres'' (1977) – Dr. Brown * ''

'' (1979, TV Movie) – Gentleman * ''

'' (1983) – Lord Ambrose

References

External links

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